National Export Exposition

National Export Exposition Event Button Museum
Category
Event
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Illustrations
Text on Button NATIONAL EXPORT EXPOSITION PHILADELPHIA USA SEPT TO NOV 1899
Image Description

White text on a blue background around an illustration of two women on either side of a shield shape with a scale.
Back Paper / Back Info

THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. 
NEWARK N.J.
PATENTED
JULY 17 1894
APRIL 14, 1896
JULY 21, 1896
Back Style
Unlocking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
7/8 inch
Year / Decade Made
1899
1890s
The Manufacturer
Whitehead & Hoag Co.
Additional Information

The National Export Exposition was held from September to November of 1899 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at a special campus erected in 1899 by chief engineer John Birkinbine. The exposition was held for the advancement of American manufactures and the extension of export trade. The Philadelphia Commercial Museum and the Franklin Institute sponsored this event conducted by the Philadelphia Exposition Association displaying American manufacturing products advertised for export.
Sources

Department of Publicity and Promotion, National Export Exposition. (1899, Sept. 14-Nov. 30). The national export exposition. The first national exposition of the manufactures of the United States. Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/nationalexportex00commiala/page/n3/mode/2up
Catalog ID EV0617